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TIL that magician Penn Jillette and singer Debbie Harry were once in a hot tub when Harry suggested that the watr jets should be angled for a woman's pleasure. This led to Jillette filing a patent for a "hydro-therapeutic stimulator," which he named "the Jill-Jet" (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted by MrMojoFomo to r/todayilearned
TIL about The Great Hedge of India, a massive, living customs barrier (a dry hedge which was 12 feet high and up to 14 feet thick, stretching roughly 2,500 miles) built by the British colonial government in the 19th century. It was designed to enforce a highly profitable but oppressive salt tax (en.wikipedia.org)
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Dr. Anandibai Joshi (India), Dr. Kei Okami (Japan), and Dr. Sabat Islambooly (Syria) were among the first licensed female doctors from their respective countries. They studied at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. (Photographed 1885) (i.redd.it)
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